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Ruff Day Reviews! All about reading with pups. Or sitting with pups because they refuse to allow you to hold a book. When I am reading, I tend to enjoy reading everything from YA to Horror. I have an obsession with all things horrific. I think it takes an honest look at how hard life can be and the circumstances it can take to hopefully change.

Although an eclectic mix, this is a book review blog. I enjoy dabbling in new genres and trying out new things, and my love for horror is extending in many different directions, such as Sci Fi, Psychological Thrillers, and Cozy Mysteries.

Really, I just read for fun. And to forget that life can be a struggle, but it is a struggle that we're all working on together.

Because this is also about pups, you'll see pics of my silly family. Five dogs and a cat who thinks he's a dog. They're strange but I love them!

This is the perfect Christmastime read. Although, let me admit, while dodging any books that may be thrown my way, I have never read Pride and Prejudice. There. I said it. It's out in the cyberuniverse. Truthfully, with all the great boo...

M. J. Arlidge is an amazing writer. I say that from a horror lover perspective that shrieks and squirms while reading Arlidge's stuff. This guy can make you squeal, sadly not with delight but with disgust! As a horror fan, I must say, th...

The voices do serve their purpose, though—whenever Donna hears them, she knows she’s in danger. So when they start yelling at the top of their proverbial lungs, it’s no surprise she and her best friend, Deke, end up narrowly escaping a zombie horde. Alone without their families, they take refuge at their high school with the super-helpful nerds, the bossy class president, and—best of all?—Liam, hottie extraordinaire and Donna’s long-time crush. When Liam is around, it’s easy to forget about the moaning zombies, her dad’s plight to reach them, and how weird Deke is suddenly acting toward her.

But as the teens’ numbers dwindle and their escape plans fall apart, Donna has to listen to the secrets those voices in her head have been hiding. It seems not all the zombies are shuffling idiots, and the half-undead aren’t really down with kids like Donna…

Zombies!!! SQUEEEE!

Ok, now for the serious stuff. This wasn’t a bad book but for some reason it didn’t grab me until about half way through. I did enjoy the characters but something was keeping me from falling totally in love with this.

The plot is solid and very creepy. It starts and they are in a ship, that can never be good! But I think it happened too fast. They got out too easily. I mean yes, they did have to fight a bit but not too much really. Then they get to the school and it’s all normal stuff again. The characters are going through this cataclysmic event and the cheerleaders are still in a clique and the freaking class president, omg, someone please kill her, even if she isn’t a zombie. Just kill her!

Donna I really liked. She seemed down to earth even with all the weird crap going on. Zombies, voices in her head, hormones and she still has her crap together, well sorta. And Deke was really cool. Although, I did go through a few moments where I wasn’t sure if I wanted Donna to end up with Liam or not but he seemed really strange to me. So, as I’m getting to read about all these characters and all this weird stuff is going on, I found that I wasn’t into it as much as I normally am.

But then the stuff really started happening, that jolt that gets your heart beating fast and I remembered why I love books like this. There’s definitely some gore but not overly, and there’s a few hints at romance cause really, we can’t have a zombiepocalypse without people making out! And there are some awesome twists along the way also. Which I just loved!

What I liked most was the ending. How Alison was able to bring stuff around and make it all work was awesome. Totally worth reading and I am really hoping there is going to be a book two! I’ll be first in line!

Alison Kemper grew up in South Florida, the only girl on a street with eleven boys. She spent most of her childhood paddling a canoe through neighborhood canals and looking for adventure. She usually found it. Sometimes the police were involved. And large dogs. And one time, a very territorial snake. She now lives in North Carolina and writes books. The books often include girls having adventures. With boys. Cute boys. And cute dogs too. But no cute snakes. Never cute snakes.

Her debut novel, Donna of the Dead, will be published by Entangled Teen in 2014 and followed by two companion novels. She loves to meet new people and talk books, so send her a friend request or connect with her on Twitter and Instagram.

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All novels reviewed on MySeryniti were either purchased by myself or received from the author or publisher for review. All reviews on novels received from the publisher and author will feature mention of such, all reviews on novels purchased by me will not. I do not receive compensation for writing reviews.